Burma Extends House Arrest of Nobel Prize Winner

Date: May 27, 2008

Author: Amy Kazmin

QUOTE: The government's decision to confine her to her dilapidated lakeside bungalow for another year was widely predicted. It was conveyed to her by officials during a 10-minute visit to her home. Earlier, 30 of her supporters tried to march from the NLD headquarters to her home, but their protest was quickly broken up, with about 16 people arrested.